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Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan (TAS)
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE (DRI)
Mail address 15 Gogol Street, 744000 Ashgabat
Telephone +7 (3632) 295-427 Fax +7
(3632) 253-716
Nature Academic
Mission Research
Financial support State-financed
Working languages Russian, Turkmen
Scope of interest Desertification study and
control, agronomy, energy, forestry, rangeland improvement and
watering, remote sensing, saline water use, arid soil studies and
classification, sand dune stabilization, climatology
Research program
Locations Turkmenistan, former Republics of
Central Asia and Kazakhstan, Mali, Mongolia, India, Afghanistan,
Peru, Libya, China
Subjects Land degradation (desertification),
combating desertification processes
Status Ongoing projects in Turkmenistan, Central
Asian states; others complete
Findings Identification of desertification
criteria, methodology of compiling desertitication maps,
recommendations on desertification control
Internal Organization
Chief official Academician A.G. Babaev,
Director
Divisions 14 laboratories, 3 departments: (1)
Economic-Geographical Problems, (2) Land and Water Resources, (3)
Rangeland Ecology
Division heads (1) Academician A.G. Babaev, (2) Dr.
A.O. Ovezliev, (3) Academician V. N. Nicolaev
Professional staff 95
Total staff 270
Facilities
Office 300 mē office, 1,100 mē Of
laboratories
Library Special collection at DRI, access to
Central Library at TAS
Computer catalog Yes (DRI collection),
using CDS/ISIS/M
Computer searches Available locally
Subcenters Repetek Sand Station with adjacent
Repetek International Biosphere Sand Desert Reserve; Nebit-Dag
Arid Land Reclamation Centre; 3 experimental field stations, in
Central, South and Eastern Karakum
Exchange Facilities There are Exchange
Facilities and programs for visiting scientists
Publications
Serials Problems of Desert Development (Russian
version available from DRI, English version available through
Allerton Press, United States)
Other Various monographs, desertification maps of
Central Asia, Aral Sea Basin and some others
Publications list Available
History
Established in 1962 as Desert Institute; renamed in 1993